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Air Canada Passenger Finds Sewing Needle In Sandwich

The plane of Air Canada, with German-Canadian arm dealer Karlheinz Schreiber on board, arrives at the airport of Munich, southern Germany on August 3, 2009. The 75-year-old will have to face tax evasion and bribery charges following a decade-long battle to avoid extradition, authorities said. Schreiber is accused of playing a key role in a sprawling slush-fund scandal that rocked the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in the 1990s and tarnished the legacy of former chancellor Helmut Kohl. AFP PHOTO DDP/ JOERG KOCH GERMANY OUT (Photo credit should read JOERG KOCH/AFP/Getty Images)

TORONTO (AP) – Air Canada says a passenger found what appears to be a sewing needle in a catered sandwich on board a flight from Victoria, British Columbia, to Toronto.

Peter Fitzpatrick, a spokesman for the airline, said late Tuesday that the airline is “working closely with our caterers to ensure heightened security measures have been put in place.”

Fitzpatrick says the airline contacted the caterers immediately after Monday’s discovery. He says a police investigation is under way and they have not received any further reports of similar incidents.

Dutch police said earlier in July they were investigating how needles got into six sandwiches on Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to Minneapolis, Seattle and Atlanta. Passengers discovered four of them.